Barnard 35 with a Photobomb by Betelgeuse
Barnard 35 is a unique dark nebula that has a distinct red tint along with the more typical dusty brown. Despite the fact that Betelgeuse was well off the frame, he just couldn't resist the photobomb.www.buckeyestargazer.net
Copyright: Joel Short

joelshort wrote:Barnard 35 with a Photobomb by Betelgeuse
Barnard 35 is a unique dark nebula that has a distinct red tint along with the more typical dusty brown. Despite the fact that Betelgeuse was well off the frame, he just couldn't resist the photobomb.http://www.buckeyestargazer.net
Copyright: Joel Short

The orange flare at lower left is certainly caused by light from red supergiant Betelgeuse. The red rim of the nebula (at center-right) is almost certainly an ionization front, which would be caused by relatively nearby hot blue giant Lambda Orionis, which is surrounded by a huge but faint emission nebula. Note that Orion is "upside down" in the picture I linked to.

Here is an image of IC417, often called the Spider Nebula, also known as Sharpless 234. It’s located in the constellation Auriga.
At about 10,000 light-years distant, it represents a young, open star cluster formed in interstellar clouds and still embedded in glowing hydrogen gas.

Story: This photograph represents very well the urge that professional and amateur astronomers feel...to be in touch with the night skies. This image translates our psicological will. Astrophotography uses this prerogative and creates an incredible proximity bias! It's a psychological tact. We are reaching out to the universe by means of an image.

This image was taken in Chile, near the city of Antofagasta in May this year. This is a 33 foot high sculpture made by the chilenean artist Mario Irarrázabal.

Surely, a show that will remain in my memory, a week ago, on November 7th. Between fast moving clouds, rain showers which lasted no more than two or three minutes, this fantastic moonbow appeared, when the almost Full Moon managed to break the clouds.

On the right, a magnificent aurora borealis, fighting with a portion of starry sky in which we can easily recognize the stellar 'summer triangle', almost at its setting.

I could continue on and on to describe this view, but I think that the picture will do it way better. An unforgettable emotion!